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"One of my school friends thought the Beatles were great straight away and joined the emerging fan club and it turns out he was member No.13! I was lucky to see - but not hear - them three times. I organised a trip to see them at Northampton, which involved a coach trip. I remember it cost my mum a lot as I didn't record the money properly! The concerts were screamfests, and practically nothing could be heard unless you put your fingers half way into your ears, but I don't suppose we really cared...we had been there. In 1963, I was lucky to be taken to one of the early package holidays to Spain, but I wasn't grateful because I knew a Beatles' record was coming out the day after we left, and I sulked for two weeks!" -Janet Edroff, Stevenage "I remember quite vividly queuing for tickets to see the Beatles at Leeds Odeon. Once we had managed to get them, we got on the bus to Bradford and managed to get tickets to see them the following night there too. I was lucky enough to get George Harrison's autograph and I still have the ticket stubs today." -Diane White, Blackwater "I was 14 years old, and with several friends from school we queued all night outside the Walthamstow Granada to buy tickets for a Beatles concert. The police kept the waiting crowd across the street until the cinema had its last show. Then they stopped all the traffic and allowed us to rush across the street to form another queue for the night. Tickets went on sale at 7:30am Sunday morning and I left clutching a third row middle seat ticket. The concert was amazing, although we couldn't hear anything just all of us screaming. We stood on the seats and waved scarves - anything to attract a Beatle's attention." -Lesley Blavins, San Francisco "I saw the Beatles live at the Albert Hall with my sister and parents. I was about seven at the time. The screaming was so loud that we didn't actually get to hear them play a single note but the atmosphere was great. Prior to this, I recall my parents seeing them on Top of the Pops and predicting they would be another five minute wonder!" -Louise Bass, London "I saw the Beatles in 1963 at a Nottingham theatre. I was sure I wouldn't scream and was terrified by the wall of screams that erupted when they appeared on stage, but I found myself on my feet screaming my head off too. Ringo nearly fell off his dais as he sat behind the drums. John kept yelling at us to shut up and listen to the music." -Lynda, Mukilteo, Washington, USA Brought to you by BBC News |
